diff --git a/addons/web/common/http.py b/addons/web/common/http.py
index 9c3664c8da0..6dc99f2c997 100644
--- a/addons/web/common/http.py
+++ b/addons/web/common/http.py
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ class Root(object):
                       only used in case the list of databases is requested
                       by the server, will be filtered by this pattern
     """
-    def __init__(self, options, openerp_addons_namespace=True):
+    def __init__(self, options):
         self.config = options
 
         if not hasattr(self.config, 'connector'):
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ class Root(object):
         self.httpsession_cookie = 'httpsessionid'
         self.addons = {}
 
-        static_dirs = self._load_addons(openerp_addons_namespace)
+        static_dirs = self._load_addons()
         if options.serve_static:
             app = werkzeug.wsgi.SharedDataMiddleware( self.dispatch, static_dirs)
             self.dispatch = DisableCacheMiddleware(app)
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ class Root(object):
 
         return response(environ, start_response)
 
-    def _load_addons(self, openerp_addons_namespace=True):
+    def _load_addons(self):
         """
         Loads all addons at the specified addons path, returns a mapping of
         static URLs to the corresponding directories
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ class Root(object):
                         manifest = ast.literal_eval(open(manifest_path).read())
                         manifest['addons_path'] = addons_path
                         _logger.debug("Loading %s", module)
-                        if openerp_addons_namespace:
+                        if 'openerp.addons' in sys.modules:
                             m = __import__('openerp.addons.' + module)
                         else:
                             m = __import__(module)
diff --git a/openerp-web b/openerp-web
index 3340b95646e..7e536a99442 100755
--- a/openerp-web
+++ b/openerp-web
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     else:
         logging.basicConfig(level=getattr(logging, options.log_level.upper()))
 
-    app = web.common.http.Root(options, openerp_addons_namespace=False)
+    app = web.common.http.Root(options)
 
     if options.proxy_mode:
         app = werkzeug.contrib.fixers.ProxyFix(app)